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     The exhibition “Cityscape in Sight and Sound”, organised by the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, is being held from today (February 1) to May 5 at the Exhibition Hall of the HKFA. The exhibition offers visitors a glimpse of Hong Kong’s past cityscape and landmarks through several hundred pieces of footage selected from the HKFA’s archival film collection, including documentaries and dramas from the late 19th century to the 1960s, as well as film posters and digital album of production stills.    
 
     The exhibition begins with the oldest documentary in the HKFA’s collection, “The Edison Shorts”, made by the Edison Company in 1898, which captured images of Hong Kong street scenes in late 19th century seen through the eyes of foreigners. Documentaries shot and donated by the former District Commissioner in the New Territories and Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Denis Bray, record landscapes of the New Territories in the 1950s, which are being shown to the public for the first time. Films which were shot on location from the 1940s to 1960s record numerous landmarks that have disappeared or changed, such as Kai Tak Airport, the former Kowloon–Canton Railway terminus, the café Yucca de Lac, Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park and Queen’s Theatre. While made for narrative purposes at the time, the scenes revealed in the films have become today’s precious memories, as well as having historical significance.         
 
     In addition, the exhibition displays two old cameras commonly used in the 1950s and 1960s allowing visitors to better understand the difficulties faced by cinematographers in bygone days, who had to carry bulky equipment for location filming.
 
     To complement the exhibition, two seminars in Cantonese will be held by the HKFA at its Cinema. The first, entitled “Changing Times: Cityscape in Flux”, will be held at 2.30pm on February 17, with film researcher, Gary Wong as speaker. Another seminar, entitled “Cityscape: Stories of Built Heritage”, will be held at 2.30pm on March 17 and will be hosted by the former Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, Dr Joseph Ting.
 
     Admission to the exhibition and the seminars is free. For details, please call 2739 2139 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/en_US/web/hkfa/programmesandexhibitions/highlights/highlights53.html.

          

     Police will implement crowd safety management measures and special traffic arrangements to facilitate worshippers visiting Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin during the Che Kung Festival period. Crowd safety management measures… read more

     Police will implement special traffic arrangements to facilitate the holding of Well Wishing Festival in Lam Tsuen during the Lunar New Year period. A. Road closure and traffic diversions     &nbs… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:      No open or closed meetings of the Legislative Council (LegCo) Committees will be held in the LegCo Complex during the week from February 4 to&nbs… read more

     The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Central District (Extension) Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

     “The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide developments and redevelopments in the Central District (Extension) area,” a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (February 1).

     The Planning Scheme Area (the Area), covering an area of about 46.70 hectares, is bounded by the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Extension to the east, the Connaught Road Central/Harcourt Road corridor to the south, Connaught Place and Airport Railway Hong Kong Station to the west and the waterfront to the north.

     About 14.34 hectares of land is zoned “Open Space”, which includes the waterfront promenade that extends from Man Yiu Street, existing Memorial Garden, Tamar Park and the open space reserved to the north of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

     About 5.23 hectares of land is zoned “Comprehensive Development Area” for commercial development which extends from Statue Square and the Hongkong Bank Building towards the waterfront.

     About 0.36 hectares of land is zoned “Commercial” and is currently occupied by Citic Tower at Lung Wui Road.

     About 5.77 hectares of land is zoned “Government, Institution or Community” (“G/IC”) for the provision of government, institution and community facilities serving the needs of the local residents and/or a wider district, region or the territory. It is also intended to provide land for uses directly related to or in support of the work of the Government, organisations providing social services to meet community needs, and other institutional establishments. Apart from the Central Government Offices and the Legislative Council Complex at the former Tamar Basin, the existing High Block and Low Block of the City Hall Complex, City Hall Car Park and the City Hall Annex Building are also zoned “G/IC”.

     About 8.42 hectares of land is zoned “Other Specified Uses” for specified purposes, which includes military uses, waterfront-related commercial and leisure uses, piers and associated facilities and elevated walkway.

     The Area also provides land to accommodate essential strategic infrastructure. On the approved OZP, about 11.32 hectares of land is shown as “Road” to provide land for the above-ground road network.

     The approved Central District (Extension) OZP No. S/H24/9 is now available for public inspection during office hours at the Secretariat of the Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters of the Planning Department in North Point and Sha Tin, the Hong Kong District Planning Office, the Central and Western District Office and the Wan Chai Home Affairs Enquiry Centre.

     Copies of the approved plan are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the plan can be viewed at the Board’s website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb). read more